Burial-receptacle.



J. SHARMAN.

BURIAL RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION HLED lULYh1915.

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Fnnrirnn srarns rarnnr orrion JAMES SHARMAN, OF S'IBATFORID, ONTARIO,CANADA.

BURIAL-RECEPTAGLE.

- Application filed July 1, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs SHARMAN, of the city of Stratford, in thecounty of Perth, Province of Ontario, Canada, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBurial-Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the construction of burial receptacles for thepurpose of adapting them to be hermetically sealed, and my object'is todevise a construction for this purpose equally applicable to caskets andto the outer shells commonly known as vaults.

I attain my object by means of the construction hereinafter describedand illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is avertical cross section of part of a casket constructed in accordancewith my invention; Fig. 2 a cross section of a modification of thejoint; Fig. 3 a cross section of another modification of the joint; andFig. 4 a view similar to Fig. 1 showing my construction embodied in avault.

In the drawings like numerals of reference indicate corresponding partsin the different figures.

Referring particularly to Figs. 1 and 1, it will be seen that thereceptacle comprises two parts 1 and 2. In Fig. 1, 1 is the lid of acasket and in Fig. 4: the bottom of a vault. The part 1, it will benoted, has its edges folded and bent to form a groove, one side of thegroove being formed by the doubled part 3 and the other by the singlepart 4:. The part 2, as shown in Fig. 4-, is folded to form the doublededge 5 adapted to fit in the groove between the sides 3 and l. In thisgroove plastic sealing material is poured or placed, and a water andairtight joint thus obtained. Preferably the doubled over edge of thepart 2 is bent again parallel to the part 5, as shown at 6 in Fig. 4:,to form a groove. Each part of the receptacle is thus provided with agroove, one side of which is double and the other single, the doubledside of one and the single side of the other fitting into the respective grooves, in both of which plastic sealing material may beplaced if desired. This construction may be readily used forSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2a, 1916.

Serial No. 37,615.

either a casket or a vault, the part 1 being uppermost in the oneconstruction and lowermost in the other. In either position one of thegrooves has its bottom lowermost so that it will hold a sealing materialsufficiently fluid when hot to flow readily.

' In Fig. 2 the groove on the part 2 is shown formed by the separatepiece 7 brazed or otherwise secured to the edges of the part 2. Thispart 7 may be Z-shaped in section as shown, thus forming a part 8 givinga finish to the outer edges of the part 2 and providing a flange againstwhich the doubled side 3 of the part 1 may rest.

Fig. 3 shows a joint similar to the construction shown in Fig. 1.

After the parts are placed together and sealed, they may be securedtogether by means of bolts 9 passed through the parts as shown andengaged with nuts 10, which are preferably soldered or brazed inposition so that the bolts may be used with their heads outside.

By means of the constructions described, vaults or caskets may bereadily made capable of being hermetically sealed against the intrusionof air and water.

WVhat I claim as my invention is:

1. A metal receptacle for burial purposes formed in two separable partseach having its edges shaped to form a doubled rim and a groove withinthe rim having an inner side of single material, the rim of one part andthe inner side of the groove of the other part being adapted to fit intothe respective grooves.

2. A metal receptacle for burial purposes formed in two separable partseach having its edges shaped to form a doubled rim and a groove withinthe rim having an inner side of single material, the rim of one part andthe inner side of the groove of the other part being adapted to fit intothe respective grooves, the said parts entering the grooves being ofgreater depth than the other groove sides whereby fastening means may bepassed through them without passing through the said outer sides of thegrooves.

3. A metal receptacle for burial purposes formed in two separable parts,one part having its edges folded to form a groove of which the outerside is doubled and the inner single, the other part having a sepagrooveto receive the single edge of the Witnesses. other part and a flange tolie in the groove JAMES SHARMAN. of said other part in contact With thedoll- 'Witnesses:

5 bled edge. ARTHUR J. THEISTLE, Signed at Stratford this 26 day of JuneJ. A. DAVIDSON.

rate piece secured thereto bent to form a 1915, in the presence of thetwo undersigned Copies of this patent may be obtained for five centseach, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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